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To miss the days when people were just 'thirsty'?!

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Babycham1979 · 12/08/2015 13:43

What's all this shit with, 'hydrating'? It's called drinking fucking water!

Whenever I hear someone claiming to be 'dehydrated', I want to reach for my revolver. No, dear, you're not dehydrated, you're just thirsty. It won't hurt you to wait twenty minutes for a drink.

Advanced capitalism, combined with nanny-statism seems to have fostered a nation of adult-babies who can't got five minutes without a snack, needing a piss, or a plastic bottle to suck on. It truly does my head in.

I can't remember the last time I sat through a film or a play without multiple audience members nipping out at least once during the show. Yes, I do appreciate that SOME people suffer incontinence, or might have needed a shot of insulin but, come on, not on this scale!

OP posts:
ahbollocks · 12/08/2015 13:44

Thirsty means something entirely different now according to my youngster SIL

songbird · 12/08/2015 13:44

Now that is a quality rant, and I agree with every word!

helenahandbag · 12/08/2015 13:46

Thirsty means something entirely different now according to my youngster SIL

I second this Grin

songbird · 12/08/2015 13:47

Thirsty means something entirely different now according to my youngster SIL

Do I want to know?

NannyFlower · 12/08/2015 13:48

Hmmm....I've never even thought about it. But I'm one of those annoying people you talk about.

I don't drink much, maybe 2-3 glasses of water a day, I just don't get thirsty until BAM I am so thirsty I could drink the entire ocean!

And I'm the same with peeing, I'll be totally fine and all of a sudden BAM I need to pee and more than a 15 minute wait and I would genuinely wet myself.

I think I probably have an issue....but I didn't think it annoyed anyone but me!

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 12/08/2015 13:48

What does thirsty mean now ahbollocks? Confused

YANBU. It's the same as people who are "literally starving" at 2pm because they missed lunch.

formerbabe · 12/08/2015 13:49

you're just thirsty. It won't hurt you to wait twenty minutes for a drink

20 minutes to wait for a drink when you're thirsty is a bloody long time!

GummyBunting · 12/08/2015 13:49

I'm a runner, there's a difference between thirst and dehydration, for me.

Most people have no idea how much they should be drinking, and are dehydrated. The fact that people are becoming more aware is a good thing, surely?

I wouldn't sit through the duration of a film without at least taking some sips of water. Dehydrated today means agonising stitch during my run tomorrow. No thanks, and I don't care how much it irritates you!

helenahandbag · 12/08/2015 13:49

Urban Dictionary's definition of "thirsty"

Ilovewheelychairs · 12/08/2015 13:50

I was always taught that once you were thirsty you were already dehydrated. So although waiting for 20 mins for a drink probably won't kill someone who's a bit thirsty, it probably will affect cognition skills to an extent. This is proven, it's why children are encouraged to have water bottles on desks in school.

JeanSeberg · 12/08/2015 13:50

... and don't start me on grown men and women drinking from those thermal/camping cups in the office...

Lottapianos · 12/08/2015 13:51

'Advanced capitalism, combined with nanny-statism seems to have fostered a nation of adult-babies who can't got five minutes without a snack, needing a piss, or a plastic bottle to suck on'

OP, I completely agree with you and applaud you. I get the rage at adults and children stuffing their faces all day long with food they don't actually need. It's pure gluttony, just thoughtless grazing all day. It feels like nobody can wait anymore, everyone must have everything they want immediately.

No idea about the new meaning of 'thirsty'. Intrigued.

Full disclosure - I am a plastic bottle sucker when I'm at work, and do drink tons of water, but I don't need a drink in my hand every second of the day. Hope that excludes me from the adult babies group Wink

Bunbaker · 12/08/2015 13:53

"I wouldn't sit through the duration of a film without at least taking some sips of water."

Can you really not go a couple of hours without a drink?

Fishwives · 12/08/2015 13:54

I've been conducting an intermittent mental survey of my lectures and seminars for the past decade, and in a seminar of fifteen people, it's now rare for fewer than ten people to have a bottle of water on the desk in front of them along with their refill pads.

Of limited relevance, but I've been reading DS the original Paddington books, and was amused by the fact that when the Browns make friends with Paddington and discover he's stowed away alone from Peru, Mrs Brown's first hospitable impulse is to say that he must be thirsty, and to get Mr Brown to take him to the buffet for a cup of tea. (Whereupon he gets cakes as well, but the tea seems to be the real object. Or was 'thirsty' a politer 1950s way of suggesting hunger, rather like 'washing your hands' or 'freshening up' for needing the loo?)

shovetheholly · 12/08/2015 13:55

Isn't thirst is the sensation of wanting to drink, and dehydration the physiological status of needing water? And can't you be thirsty without being dehydrated (polydypsia), and dehydrated without being thirsty?

Or have I just been fed a lot of myths by the water industry?

iPaid · 12/08/2015 13:55

YANBU

According to another MNetter, though, if you feel thirsty then you are actually dehydrated Confused

Noodledoodledoo · 12/08/2015 13:59

I don't drink enough in a day - so I tend to keep a plastic bottle with me to help me try and increase my drinking.

Still fail though. I don't get the 'thirsty' signal at all.

Mermaid36 · 12/08/2015 14:00

I drink nearly 4l of water a day (training included)....I don't drink any other sorts of drinks (no hot drinks, no fizzy drinks, no alcohol), so for me, it is the only drink I have.

I don't generally go anywhere without at least 500ml of water, but I'd never describe myself as hydrating (as opposed to just having a drink)

revealall · 12/08/2015 14:03

YANBU.
I am agast at the number of people who require a bottle with them all day. It's not like we live anywhere particularly hot.How does the rest of the world cope, especially those doing physical jobs.
Read something the other day that said sipping constantly was no good either. Taking it a proper amount and then getting on with life was much better for you,

DurhamDurham · 12/08/2015 14:03

I understood it to be that by the time you felt thirsty you were already dehydrated. So being dehydrated comes before the feelings of thirst. But maybe I've been believing a load of rubbish all these years.

I do drink loads of water everyday and feel better for it. Can't remember the last time I felt thirsty.

Just to confirm that I am able to sit through an entire films (and half an hour of adverts ) without needing the loo Grin

GummyBunting · 12/08/2015 14:08

bunbaker Yes I could physically go 2 hours without a drink, but why would I want to?

I aim for at least 2 litres a day. For some people, they'd be happy having 4 500ml drinks throughout the day. I'd find that difficult, and prefer to drink steadily throughout the day. What's the problem?

gamerchick · 12/08/2015 14:08

Well to be fair we're not supposed to wait until we're thirsty to drink. Thirsty means you're well on the way if not already there to dehydration.

TheFlis12345 · 12/08/2015 14:11

My body seems to need a lot of water (no idea why, no medical reason) and if I go for any period of time without it I get really bad dehydration headaches so I keep a bottle on me at all times and regularly drink from it. It has absolutely no effect on anyone else so no sure how or why it could possibly offend them?

WitchofScots · 12/08/2015 14:14

YABU. I have asthma and if I don't drink plenty of water it makes my asthma worse. Ditto my hay fever.

QueenBitchFromHell · 12/08/2015 14:22

Iv been carrying a bottle of 1.5l water past two weeks cause I'm dieting and if you don't drink enough water your body won't be able to break fat down the same. If I don't carry the bottle I won't drink enough. I need it there as a visual reminder.

In fact iv not got it out the fridge today and have drank zero water and do feel THIRSTY so thanks for reminding me. I shall go get it now before I get dehydrated (kidding)